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NGOs and the Bretton Woods Institutions
2001
Back to Current Articles | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 Nobel Laureate Encourages Global Justice Movement (October 15, 2001)
Joseph Stiglitz points out the unfairness of trade agreements, especially when it comes to developing countries. The Nobel Prize winner in economics asserts that the global justice movement must go on. (Inter Press Service)Activists Blast World Bank and IMF Policies (April 29, 2001)
The proportion of the population in poverty declined modestly, from 28 percent to 24 percent, between 1987 and 1998. How did the World Bank achieve so little while spending about $200 billion? (United Press International)Call to Cancel Poor Nations' Debt (April 25, 2001)
World Bank policy makers insist that they have met NGO debt reduction goals, but Oxfam and others urge World Bank and IMF to do more and back the 100 percent cancellation of debts. (Agence France Presse)NGOs Plead for Co-Responsibility and Civic-Control (March 29, 2001)
The IMF and the World Bank met with African heads of state in the end of February. NGOs delivered a strong statement why they think this meeting was dishonest (African News Service).2000
Back to Current Articles | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 Do Not Hijack the Internet, NGOs Warn World Bank (October 2000)
Not only structural adjustment programs or big dam projects worry NGOs. This time it is a portal website project called the "Global Gateway". (Terraviva)NGO Meeting With Mr. Wolfensohn (September 22, 2000)
At the core of the discussion between the Bank and NGOs, Wolfensohn highlighted “ the need for cultural change on both sides.” ( World Bank's Transcript)World Bank Chief Takes a Swipe at Non-Governmental Groups (September 3, 2000)
Weary of the unrelenting criticism from all over the world, World Bank president James Wolfensohn lashed out at NGOs as being unfair to the organization and not acknowledging the Bank’s poverty reduction efforts. (Inter Press Service)Chad Oil Project Nears Decision (June 13, 2000)
There are concerns about environmental degradation, corruption, human rights abuses and whether oil exploitation will benefit the poorest in Chad. Such concerns have caused 18 Chadian NGOs to call for a postponement of the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline project again after a number of delays.(Bretton Woods Project)Position Briefing of the Initiative Against Economic Globalization (March 2000)
The IAEG is an NGO group trying to unify NGOs’ voices at the WB-IMF annual meeting to face the globalization of capital. (INPEG)1999
Back to Current Articles | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 CSOs Matter to MDBs (June 2,1999)
The World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) tend to have a positive view of their evolving relations with NGOs. However, views from NGOs on MDBs are diverse.(WTO Watch)The World Bank and NGOs
An analysis by GPF Director James Paul of how the World Bank and NGOs impact each other.1998
Back to Current Articles | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 Civil Society, the UN and the World Bank (November, December 1998)
Civicus World discusses the World Bank's "new spirit of openness and partnership" with NGOs, but also the deep skepticism that remains about the Bank's programs and economic philosophy.(CivicusBretton Woods and UN Move Closer (Fall 1998)
Article from UN Development Update includes comment on UN's involvement with civil society in contrast to Bretton Woods institutions' more adversarial relationship with NGOs.
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